We all know what a cesspool for the outraged social media can be. It’s rife with people who take offense at every little thing. There are lots of theories about why, the anonymity of a screen being number one (although, hello, I just clicked through on your profile – how was dinner at the RSL…

Ages ago I wrote a post about how having it all felt a bit like shit and it was a big one. Lots and lots and lots of mums could relate. The interesting thing about writing that, though, was that I think I missed the point. Or, at least I didn’t write the point very well….

At what point do we agree that nobody is sugar coating parenting anymore? Because despite the schtick that mothers don’t “really tell it how it is”, these days that’s pretty much all we do. Mothers across the land are hanging out their dirty washing on the interwebs, ‘mum moments’ merrily flapping in the hot air. It’s a mystery to me how…

I get that we feel inadequate. I get that we don’t know how to help. I get that we feel that someone else is better qualified. I get that we’re worried about our own safety. I get that we feel like it’s none of our business. I get that we think they’re on drugs. I get…

An unexpected, but entirely welcome, side effect of coming out as a ‘screen freedom’ parent is that I have become something of a sounding board for parents to air their grief about the impact technology has had on their lives. I do not use the word ‘grief’ lightly here, either. The sadness and hopelessness expressed in…

“Go on, Bron, you do it,” my friend urges me. “You’ll know what to say.” And so I go, and so it goes. There are very few times in my life where I haven’t said what I want to say. There have been many, many times where my “filter” works better than others and I…

Tweeters have been slammed for being harsh about Sophie Mirabella’s (lack of a) reaction to Simon Sheikh’s collapse on QandA last night, but I think it’s a bloody good thing indeed. Were no one to have noticed her recoiling reaction, then I think we would have a problem. &lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=”http://video.news.com.au/2252459535/Panellist-faints-on-live-TV”&amp;amp;amp;gt;VIDEO: Panellist faints on live TV&amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;…

Why is everyone talking about ‘me time’ all the time? Everywhere I look there’s a new article, blog post, billboard shouting at me to go and get me some ‘me time’. There’s a faintly patronising sniff to them all too. Like, poor dear, you’re so completely busy and so unselfish and disciplined that you put…